Seed 2.0 Lite

by ByteDance

Seed 2.0 Lite arrived in February 2026 as the efficiency tier of ByteDance's second-generation Seed series. The model reads text, images, and video, carries a 256K context window with output up to 128K tokens, and brings the reasoning and coding gains of the Seed 2.0 generation to a lighter, faster package. It is aimed at high-frequency production traffic, the kind of visual understanding, document processing, and agent loops that run constantly and need consistent latency. Thinking support, tool calling, and structured output make it a practical default for agentic pipelines that do not need the largest model in the family.

Key info

Input
Output
Features
Context window
262K
Max output
131K
Input price
$0.25 /1M
Output price
$2.00 /1M
  • No training by default
  • no-KYC deposit available

Available routes

Seed 2.0 Lite runs on 2 different routes through the qynio gateway. Compare residency, zero retention, and training posture at a glance — full data-handling detail per route below.

ProviderRegionZero data retentionTrainingInputOutput
MultiNot by defaultNo$0.25$2.00
MultiNot by defaultNo$0.25$2.00

Data handling per route

Each route hosting Seed 2.0 Lite has its own privacy posture, residency, and no-KYC terms. Postures are maintained by qynio with a last-verification timestamp.

BytePlus Multi-region

Zero data retention is not on by default — abuse monitoring, 180-day retention. No training on customer data. GLOBAL; wallets; deposit available.

Zero data retention
Not by default — abuse monitoring, 180-day retention. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
Abuse monitoring (180-day retention)
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
Not established
no-KYC deposit
deposit available
Transfer mechanism
wallets

BytePlus Multi-region

Zero data retention is not on by default — abuse monitoring, 180-day retention. No training on customer data. GLOBAL; wallets; deposit available.

Zero data retention
Not by default — abuse monitoring, 180-day retention. Derived from the logging and moderation facts.
Training
No training on customer data.
Logging
Abuse monitoring (180-day retention)
Moderation
Not established
Caching
Not established
Subprocessor access
Not established
no-KYC deposit
deposit available
Transfer mechanism
wallets

Get started

Call Seed 2.0 Lite through the qynio gateway with one API key. Let your coding agent set it up, or call it directly — qynio is drop-in compatible with the OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google AI SDKs.

Set it up with your agent

Copy this and paste it into a coding agent like Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and it'll wire up qynio for you.

Or call it directly

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
apiKey: process.env.QYN_API_KEY,
baseURL: "https://api.qyn.io/v3/compat",
});
const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
model: "bytedance:ap/seed-2.0-lite",
messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);

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